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Former staffers share regrets, blame for The Daily’s demise

Jeff Sonderman — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:57:13 +0000

The Daily Beast | Gizmodo
You might think you’ve read enough about The Daily’s demise — our analysis, others’ analysis and then the analysis of the analysis. But Michael Moynihan puts a nice bow on the story with a … Read more

2 major lessons from the demise of The Daily

Jeff Sonderman — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:57:07 +0000

The publisher of News Corp.’s The Daily said earlier this year that the iPad-only publication might need a few more years to be profitable. Today the company announced it won’t get that chance.

Although it has been one of the … Read more

News Corp. names new head of publishing division, new WSJ editor, folds ‘The Daily’

Caitlin Johnston and Julie Moos — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:40:10 +0000

News Corp. announced details Monday describing how it will split the company, while naming Robert Thomson the new CEO of its publishing division, while promoting Gerard Baker to lead Dow Jones and become managing editor of The Wall Street … Read more

How news organizations are taking advantage of the latest iPad’s features

Patrick Thornton — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:22:12 +0000

The newest iPad has ushered in a new high-resolution Retina Display that renders text that’s similar to the quality you see in print.

The core of most news apps is the printed word. The coarse typography of the iPad 1 … Read more

The Daily turns 1 with 100k subscribers, but may be years away from profit

Jeff Sonderman — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:02:58 +0000

A year ago today Rupert Murdoch stood on a stage at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City and unveiled the first “newspaper” built exclusively for the iPad — The Daily.

The News Corp. CEO set a high bar. He said … Read more

Was ‘The Daily’ iPad magazine launched ahead of its time?

Jeff Sonderman — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:23:29 +0000

The Wrap
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, David Brinker, The Daily’s senior vice president of business development and operations, mentioned the iPad magazine’s one-year anniversary is coming Feb. 2. Then, Lucas Shaw reports, he said: … Read more

The Daily scolds UK’s Daily Mail for lifting its Scientology series

Jim Romenesko — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:56:21 +0000

The Daily
Staffers from the Daily iPad newspaper spent more than five weeks of reporting, writing, fact-checking and editing a two-part report on the most prestigious boarding school in the Scientology world. Last Friday — two days after the Daily’s … Read more

With just 120,000 weekly readers, The Daily prospects look dim

Steve Myers — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:30:24 +0000

Bloomberg | paidContent
The Daily has just 120,000 readers each week, far short of the 500,000 that it needs to break even, reports Bloomberg’s Edmund Lee. “The Daily’s proving to be a great R&D experiment but probably not a viable … Read more

How The Daily’s David Knowles came up with the ‘Best. Lede. Ever.’

Jim Romenesko — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:38:45 +0000

Romenesko Misc. | The Daily
He coulda been a credenza. That lede on David Knowles’ piece about the estate of Marlon Brando suing a retailer over its “Brando” furniture line has gone viral. “I’ve been pretty surprised by the … Read more

Zinio, New York Post, The Daily make list of top-grossing news iPad apps

Jeff Sonderman — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:34:33 +0000

Min Online
Several newspaper and magazine iPad apps are on the top-grossing list for the iTunes store. The leader among them is Zinio, a newsstand-style app that manages distribution of single issues of many popular magazines. National Geographic, Outdoor Photographer, … Read more